Author: Sergio Bellabarba
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
Publisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: William Henry Smyth
Publisher: London : Blackie and son
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 836

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Author: John Carlton
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0080971237
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 539

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The early development of the screw propeller. Propeller geometry. The propeller environment. The ship wake field, propeller performance characteristics.

Author: Catherine Ostler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471172570
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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'A scintillating story superbly told... [Ostler] packs every paragraph with eye-opening detail' The Times 'A rollicking read... [Ostler] tells Elizabeth's story with admirable style and gusto' Sunday Times 'Terrifically entertaining: if you liked Bridgerton, you’ll love this...and her research is impeccable' Evening Standard 'Fascinating. Magnificent.​ Sensitively told' Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five 'Catherine Ostler’s superb, gripping, decadent biography brings an extraordinary woman and a whole world blazingly to life' Simon Sebag Montefiore When the glamorous Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, Countess of Bristol, went on trial at Westminster Hall for bigamy in April 1776, the story drew more attention in society than the American War of Independence. A clandestine, candlelit wedding to the young heir to an earldom, a second marriage to a Duke, a lust for diamonds and an electrifying appearance at a masquerade ball in a diaphanous dress: no wonder the trial was a sensation. However, Elizabeth refused to submit to public humiliation and retire quietly. Rather than backing gracefully out of the limelight, she embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe, being welcomed by the Pope and Catherine the Great among others. As maid of honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth led her life in the inner circle of the Hanoverian court and her exploits delighted and scandalised the press and the people. She made headlines, and was a constant feature in penny prints and gossip columns. Writers were intrigued by her. Thackeray drew on Elizabeth as inspiration for his calculating, alluring Becky Sharp. But her behaviour, often depicted as attention-seeking and manipulative, hid a more complex tale – that of Elizabeth’s fight to overcome personal tragedy and loss. Now, in this brilliantly told and evocative biography, Catherine Ostler takes a fresh look at Elizabeth’s story and seeks to understand and reappraise a woman who refused to be defined by society’s expectations of her. A woman who was by turns, brave, loving and generous but also reckless, greedy and insecure; a woman totally unwilling to accept the female status of underdog or to hand over all the power, the glory and the adventures of life to men.

Author: Huntington Family Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1232

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Author: Frederick Leslie Robertson
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: Tim Madge
Publisher: Adlard Coles
ISBN: 9780901281746
Category : Royal yachts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A lavishly illustrated history of Royal and State yachts and other ships used by Kings, Queens and Heads of State from the 17th century to the present day. "Royal Yachts of the World provides the definitive picture of the most opulent vessels ever built.

Author: Blaise Ollivier
Publisher:
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Category : Sailing ships
Languages : fr
Pages : 400

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